Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which rose 5.24% or 0.2550 points to trade at 5.1200 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 2.05% or 0.0350 points to end at 1.7450 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was up 1.83% or 0.0160 points to 0.8880 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which fell 1.51% or 0.220 points to trade at 14.380 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 1.04% or 0.1400 points to end at 13.3800 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was down 0.83% or 0.083 points to 9.882.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 14 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.14% or 0.07 to $50.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.31% or 0.15 to hit $47.85 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1247.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.0805, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8647.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 99.46.